93. Aḍḍhacelaka

Tha-ap 95

A winding path through a wildflower meadow.

Walt 1566 I gave a half a piece of cloth
to Tissa, the Blessed One then.
I was extremely miserable,
and plagued with an awful odor. Verse 1

Walt 1567 Giving that half a cloth I thrilled
in heaven for a whole aeon.
During the aeons that remained
I completed that good karma. Verse 2

Walt 1568 In the ninety-two aeons since
I donated that cloth back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving cloth. Verse 3

Walt 1569 In the forty-ninth aeon hence
there were thirty-two lords of men,
kings who turned the wheel of the law
known as Samanta-Odanā. Verse 4

Walt 1570 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Aḍḍhacelaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aḍḍhacelaka Thera is finished.

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